Pentagon: We're not talking about Zuma, go ask SpaceX

[rangerrebew]

Pentagon: We're not talking about Zuma, go ask SpaceX

WASHINGTON — When a big-ticket military weapon development or procurement goes off the rails for any reason, the Pentagon as a rule does not deflect media questions to the contractor that the government hired to do the work.

So reporters at the Pentagon were shocked on Thursday when the Defense Department’s top spokesperson Dana White not only refused to comment on the apparent failure of a secret military space mission codenamed Zuma, but also told a journalist to direct his questions to SpaceX.

http://spacenews.com/pentagon-shuts-down-questions-about-zuma-and-raises-more-questions/

[Fishrrman]

I'm wondering if the government has an idea of where it went down, and whether a recovery might be possible...

[DB]

I'm wondering if the government has an idea of where it went down, and whether a recovery might be possible...

Recovery - if it really went down - is HUGELY unlikely.